Legislative Information
Farm Bill
Ag retailers and distributors are vital to the nation's food security success, serving farmers the right crop inputs, crop consulting, and custom pesticide and fertilizer application at the right time. With the Farm Bill up for reauthorization this year, ARA is advocating for several measures to be included to ensure that science-based regulations and the oversight of pesticides is based on scientific expertise of career regulators at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Pesticide Programs and state lead agencies.
2024 Session Update
See the MCPR Legislative Update in the May 20, 2024 Enews
2023 Special Legislative Update
There are just days left in the 2023 Minnesota legislative session with a looming constitutional adjournment date of Monday, May 22. With the DFL controlling all three levers of state government, the fate of many key fiscal and policy priorities will be determined in short order as the session finish line approaches over the legislative horizon. READ MORE.
2023 Legislative Session Adjourns
The Minnesota Legislature adjourned for the year last night in what many Capitol observers are calling one of the most historic legislative sessions in a generation. As readers will recall, last summer many political prognosticators were predicting a “red wave” to crash not only onto the shores of Minnesota’s 10,000 lakes, but throughout the rest of the country. However, after the election dust settled throughout the land it became clear that the only waves experienced in Minnesota were ones that were of the blue persuasion. One surprise that many didn’t expect heading into the elections was the possibility of the DFL taking control of both bodies of the Minnesota Legislature. READ MORE.